Trunk drawer



Nov. 2 1926.

F. W. MEYER TRUNK DRAWER Filed Dec. 29, 1924 Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

UNITED .STATES PATENT oFFicE.

FRANK W. MEYER, OF OSHKOSI-I, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE OSI-IKOSH TRUNK COM- PANY, OF OSHKOSI-I, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION F WISCONSIN.

TRUNK DRAWER.

Application led. December 29, 1924. Serial No. 758,491.

This invention relates to convertible drawers for wardrobe trunks, so that either a womans hat or a mans hat may be carried therein.

The main object of my invention is to embody inthe lower drawer of the convertible (lrawer arrangement of my prior Patent No. 1,121,933, granted December 22, 1914, a hat slide and other partitions for carrying a 1o mans hat when the drawers are not converted for receiving a womans hat, thus making said drawers serve a double purpose, and making the trunk more universal.

The invention consists further in the matters hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings- Fig. 1 is a view looking into an open wardrobe trunk and showing a tier of drawers in the drawer section, the bottommost drawer embodying the features of my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on line 2 ot Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows the same two drawers of Fig. 2 after the upper drawer has been inverted m5 to make one large compartment with the lower drawer to accommodate a womans hat, the partitions in the lower drawer having been removed for the purpose;

Fig.` 4 is a horizontal sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view through the. lower drawer `at one corner to show the corner cleat; p

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the center cleat; 'and Fig. 7 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on line 7-7 of Fig. 3.

The wardrobe trunk shown in Fig. 1 is of the center opening type and has two vertil:lo cally hinged-together sections 1, 2, the former being the wardrobe. section and the latter the drawer section. In the section 2 is a tier of drawers, the lowermost ones being indicated by 3 and 4, respectively.

The drawer 3 has a bottom wall 5 hinged along its front edge to a strip 6 inside the .front wall otl the drawer' and at the lower edge ot' the same, as shown in Fig. 3. The free. edges ot the bottom wall 5, when the drawer is in the position shown in Fig. 2,

rest on an inwardly extending frame 7 around the lower edge of the drawer. The

drawer 3 at this time is disconnected from the drawer 4 below, and may be slid into and out of front section 2 on its strips 8 (see Fig. 7 independently of the drawer 4.

Said drawer 4 is made deeper than the upper drawer 3, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Across the drawer 4 is an upright partition wall 9 having its side edges in channels ben tween strips 10, 10, and 11, 11, respectively, secured to the rear and front walls 4a, 4b ot the drawer, as shown. The partition 9 is nearer one endof the drawer 4 than the other end, and in the larger compartment thus formed are two partition walls 12 and 13. These partitions extend between partition 9 and the end wall 4c of the drawer 4, as shown in Fig. 4. Said partitions'12 and 13 have-their end edges in channels 14, 14 and 15, V15, respectively, between strips secured to the partition 9 and the end wall 4c, as

` shown.

The partition 12 has a central opening 16 to receive a mans hat 17. This partition has a band or flange 18 around its opening on one side of the partition and against the outer edge of which seats the brim oit the bythe slide to pass over the hat brim and be tied together for holding the hat in the slide, as shown in Fig-2.

The slide 12 is inserted into its channels 14 with the band 18 extending toward the partition 13, so that the brim of the hat is in the narrower compartment, while the crown of the hat is in the larger compartment, as shown. Shoes or other articles may be placed in the compartment formed be tween the partition 9 and the end wall 4d of the drawer.

When converted into a single compartment including both drawers, the partitions are removed from the lower drawer 4 and the upper drawer 3 is then inverted to cause its bottom wall 5 to extend down below the same and intdthe lower drawer 4, as shown in Fig. 3. The lower drawer 4 is provided at the inside of its front corners with cleats 19 to receive the depending bottom wall 5 and hold it in position extending into the lower drawer, as shown in Fig. 3. This also Conneets the two drawers together at the front of the same. The drawers are connected together at their rear walls by th-e metal fastener 2O on the back of the hat knob 21. The ends or' this fastener extend into loopshaped metal keepers 22, 23 carried on the inside of the drawers 3 and 4, as shown.

In Fig. 6, I have shown in detail that the strips 11, ll are secured to a iiat strip 24, which is applied to the inside of the front wall 1lb of the drawer between the top and bottom strips 25, 26. The strips 1l terminate short of the top strip 25 far enough not to interfere with the Vbottom wall 5 of the upper drawer 3, when said upper drawer is inverted and the bottom wall extends down into the lower drawer, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper front edge of the partition 9 is cut away to receive said bottom wall when shipping the trunk to a purchaser.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a trunk, the combination with two drawers, of vertical partitions for dividing one drawer into a plurality of compartments, one of said partitions having a height approximating the depth of said drawer and having an opening to receive a mans hat, said partitions being removable so that the drawers may be converted into a single coinpartment including both drawers for carrying a womans hat.

2. In a wardrobe trunk, the combination with two drawers, of vertical partitions in one drawer and arranged both transverse and lengthwise of the drawer with the lengthwise partitions extending between the transverse partition and one end wall of the drawer, one of the lengthwise partitions having a height approximating the depth of said drawer and having an opening to receive a mans hat, said partitions being removable so that the drawers may be converted into a single compartment including both drawers.

3. In a trunk, the combination with two drawers, of vertical partitions in one drawer and arranged transverse and lengthwise thereof with the lengthwise partitions extending between the transverse partition and one end wall of the drawer, the lengthwise partition adjacent the rear wall of the drawer having a height approximating the depth of said drawer and being provided with an opening to receive a mans hat with the crown on the side Of the partition adjacent said rear wall and the brim of the hat on the other side of the partition, said partitions being removable so that the drawers may be converted into a single compartment including both of them.

4. In a trunk, the combination with two drawers, arranged one above the other, the upper drawer having a hinged bottom to cxtend down into the lower drawer when the upper drawer is inverted to convert the drawers into a single compartment including both of them, of vertical partitions for the lower drawer for dividing the same into a plurality of compartments, and one partition having a height approximating the depth of said drawer and having an opening to carry a mans hat, said partitions being removable from the bottom drawer so that the drawers may be converted into a single compartment.

5. In a wardrobe trunk, the combination with two drawers arranged one above the other, the upper drawer having a hinged bottom adapted to extend down into the lower drawer when the drawers are converted into a single compartment including both of them, of vertical partitions in the bottom drawer and arranged transverse and lengthwise thereof with the lengthwise partitions extending between one end wall of the drawer and the transverse partition, one lengthwise partition having an opening to receive a mans hat, the transverse partition being cut away to receive the bottom wall of the upper drawer when extending into the lower drawer.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I aiiix my signature. this 23rd day of December, 1924.

F RANK W. MEYER. 

